I recently got my order from Azure, and made my own shampoo using this recipe-Make your own herbal shampoo. I had stop using commercial shampoo for about 3 weeks when I made this, so my hair had been clean of all that extra gunk for a while. I did a few things differently than the recipe; which is probably why I got the results that I did. Instead of using rose buds, I used packaged tea that had some rose blossoms along with chamomile, lemon grass and mint. I also used a handful of fresh mint and made the "tea" to add to the shampoo. I left out the jojoba oil, since I was using Dr.Bronner's tea tree soap which has jojoba in it, and I left out the essential oil too. When I washed with it the first time, I was pretty disappointed. It felt dry and brittle and also like there was a big glob of hair gel on some of my hair. When it dried it was really yucky feeling and greasy, like I hadn't washed my hair in a few weeks. I know that it is supposed to be different that using commercial shampoo, but it didn't do much of anything except put more stuff on my hair. I will try it again sometime when I can make the recipe the way that it was supposed to be made.
In the meantime though I will use what I was using before I made this shampoo. This combination might sound a little strange to some of you, but I had been using this for three weeks , and it works really well. My fellow sister and churchmate Joanne shared this with me after she received it from a friend. It is a bar of unscented homemade soap that you scrub into your hair, then you rinse it with powdered ascorbic acid. I know, sounds crazy huh! But it really works! We are almost out of the bar, so we will make some ourselves using this recipe-Homemade Borax Soap.
I've gathered a list of some sites that have more homemade recipes for body products such as;
- Soap- Homemade bath recipes, Great soap and scrub recipes, Borax Soap (This is what I use for my hair with the ascorbic acid rinse)
- Homemade shampoo and conditioners- Pioneer Thinking, Long Locks
- Homemade Deodorant- How to make your own deodorant
- Toothpaste, Mouthwash- Make your own toothpaste and mouthwash, Tammy's Recipes( all kinds of homemaking stuff here from homemade laundry detergent to whole wheat tortillas
- Where to get supplies for these recipes- Mountain Rose Herbs, Bulk Herb Store, Glory Bee Foods, Azure Standard, Places to purchase lye for soap
If any of you are making and using your own homemade body products, how are they working for you? Please share in the comments.
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